Shelley Moore Capito
Republican
· WV Senate · 117th Congress
Health and Human Services (Chair) · and Education (Chair) · and Related Agencies (Chair) · Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (Chair) · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Veterans Affairs · Housing and Urban Development · Senate Committee on Commerce · and Transportation · and Innovation · and Broadband · and the Internet · and Data Privacy · and Consumer Protection · and Safety · and Ports · and Export Promotion · Waste Management · Environmental Justice · and Regulatory Oversight · and Nuclear Innovation and Safety · and Nuclear Safety · and Wildlife · and Water · Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Influence Score
74.3
Highly exposed
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$22,490
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
2.4
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.3
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
11.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
7.5
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.0
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $241.36M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $483K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 59.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 74.3 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 57.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 77.3 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Total money from this network
$61,000
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
TAKE ME HOME WV ACTION
Share from this one network
21.1%
Amount from this network
$675,170
Total from all networks
$3,208,127
Networks contributing
557
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Who funds Capito
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,206,972
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
98.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.60M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.31M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.64M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.05M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.00M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.92M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$1.86M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.84M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$1.68M
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$1.67M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Shelley Moore Capito comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
TAKE ME HOME WV ACTION
$338K
SLF PAC
$10K
WEST VIRGINIANS FOR LIFE INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$1K
CARE ACTION
$1K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
MICHELLE STEEL FOR CONGRESS
$351
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$304
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
195 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $424K to Shelley Moore Capito across 215 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$424K
Shared contributors
195
Contributions
215
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | $103K |
| 2026 | 193 | 213 | $321K |
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Shelley Moore Capito's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required